squit

/ skwɪt /

noun

1. an insignificant person

2. nonsense; rubbish

Word History and Origins

Origin of squit¹

C19: dialectal variant of _squirt

Example Sentences

Suddenly every squit and herbert and passerby could play in these previously shuttered spaces.

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“He’d tell us to learn from what happened to him. And what I’ve learned is not to trust that cowardly little squit, Mundungus.”

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Many and lurid are the names for a new boy: new brat, new squit, new scum, fresh herring.

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"Squit yer sojer foolins, Ben, and leave me pass," came from the well known voice of Serlizer.

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I'm all ready for another tussle with those—what do you call 'em—squid—squit—good Lord! what a name for a decent fish!

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